Topic: Security Cooperation in East Asia
Country: Turkey
Delegate Name: Mr. Nadir Hamid
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Turkey position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
With the Republic of Turkey’s security being threatened by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, many concerns about the topic of Security Cooperation in East Asia have been brought up in the Turkish government. Turkey, being preoccupied with countries in the west such as the European Union, will have to rely on its eastern allies such as China with its allies in the west, to solve the crisis that is occurring in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In such a time when the Republic of Turkey’s security is being violated by the overall threat of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, Turkey primarily looks to China to make decisions regarding topics on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea nuclear development programs. Decisions made by the United Nations on North Korea affects Turkey in one way or the other, therefore if the North Korean Regime decides to use its nuclear weapons, terror and disaster will ensue. According to a statement from the Turkish government on July 27, 2017, it reported that “North Korea had violated the UN Security Council resolutions and disregarded its international obligations by conducting ballistic missile tests.” The United Nations and the Disarmament and International Security Committee needs to get involved by creating resolutions that are carried out by the Security Council immediately before this disaster strikes the world.
The Republic of Turkey wants to see this issue fixed by obtaining the end result, peaceful relations between all nations. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the foreign minister of Turkey, said in a message, that the North Korean regime “having conducted its second ballistic missile test within one month, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continues to flagrantly violate United Nations Security Council Resolutions and to disregard its international obligation.” By stating this message Turkey is threatened and needs to formulate resolutions limiting what the North Korean Regime is capable of doing. Apart from this, Turkey does not want the North Korean and American disputes to create even more conflict between these two nations as it will soon involve other nations if the dispute continues. The looming threat of nuclear war affects everybody, therefore the Republic of Turkey needs to address this issue and implores the United Nations Security Council to treat the threats arising in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Without a doubt, it appears that the end result needs to be peace and that is why Turkey chooses to interfere and wants to see solutions being passed to combat the nuclear threats that the North Korean regime is displaying.
By addressing this issue on the highest level as it deals with nuclear threats, the Republic of Turkey plans on assisting our allies and formulating multilateral agreements between, South Korea, China, and Japan. Turkey also believes that China will be able to help east Asia maintain security, therefore Turkey does not want sanctions to be placed upon them. In Beijing “Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that his government would treat threats to China's security as threats to itself." This displays Turkey's reliance on the People's Republic of China to provide security both ways. The Republic of Turkey continues to condemn North Korean missiles as they pose a threat to Turkey's sovereignty and will work with countries in the east and west to see resolutions passed to combat these issues.
